DETROIT, MI -- Bob Bashara, who referred to himself as "Master Bob" in his pre-prison world of sadomasochism, is scheduled to appear before Wayne Circuit Judge Vonda Evans for a pretrial hearing at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Bashara, 56, of Grosse Pointe Park, is charged with conspiring and cooperating with his convicted handyman, Joseph Gentz, to kill his 56-year-old wife, Jane Bashara, in January of 2012.